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Washington Bureau – ACME Newspictures
First American Heavy Guns to Fire into Germany
Here is a battery of American 155mm. self-propelled guns, mounted on Sherman tank chassis as they fired into the village of Bildehen, Germany, which is located six kilometers southwest of Aachen on the Liege-Aachen road. They opened the barrage with 21 rounds of high explosive shells each weighing 100–pounds.
Credit: (Acme Photo by Andrew Lopez for the War Picture Pool)